Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit is proud to announce that the first stage of our brand new AIS generated movement service is live.

Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit (LloydsMIU) is already internationally recognised as the only source able to provide today's shipping industry with a comprehensive global view of the movements of the world's merchant fleet.

Our aim has always been to make the coverage we offer as close to 'real time' as possible. The advancements we have made over the last two years have brought us closer to this goal than ever before but, by investing heavily in AIS technology, we are sure no service will be able to rival Seasearcher on either a regional or worldwide basis.

Rather than relying on finding people willing to purchase equipment to be used on our behalf, LloydsMIU have taken the unprecedented - and expensive - step of purchasing receivers for each member of its existing network of agents.

This has not only encouraged our agents to assist, it also means that as a client you will soon have access to live traffic reports from each of the 2600 areas we monitor.

Map of AIS Coverage

STEP 1:

From Monday June 6th Seasearcher users will have noticed the 'Latest Report' screen includes a new line of text - AIS - showing the latest position of the vessel, the nearest port and the time and date the information is received. To enable it to stand out, this field will be highlighted in blue.

STEP 2:

The LloydsMIU AIS Mapping Interface now runs in tandem with Seasearcher offering users the ability to match information from a current voyage to a graphical illustration of both the latest position of a vessel and the traffic around a specific port.

LMIU AIS also allows you to study the total traffic in the way you need to. The LMIU AIS screens will allow the records to be filtered by type, classification, flag, by gross and deadweight tonnages and by status (under way/berthed/anchored).

Most importantly, by allowing you to switch seamlessly from the traffic map into Seasearcher and visa versa you can guarantee the ownership, characteristics, casualty, detention and ports records that underline each map and each vessel position are of the highest quality and as easy for you to access and cross-reference as they can be.

AIS Message Summary

The table below summarizes the number of AIS messages being received by our continually growing AIS network

Date	Message Count
19-Aug-2008	25,103,447
18-Aug-2008	27,573,456
W/E 17-Aug-2008	159,572,317
W/E 11-Aug-2008	142,558,173
W/E 04-Aug-2008	181,417,980
W/E 28-Jul-2008	181,242,519
W/E 21-Jul-2008	178,175,882
W/E 13-Jul-2008	87,222,867
W/E 07-Jul-2008	103,084,613
W/E 29-Jun-2008	78,142,637
W/E 23-Jun-2008	67,295,774
W/E 16-Jun-2008	64,244,681
W/E 09-Jun-2008	52,634,080
W/E 02-Jun-2008	65,412,818
W/E 26-May-2008	64,127,260
W/E 19-May-2008	60,603,240
W/E 12-May-2008	61,998,292
W/E 05-May-2008	64,424,409
W/E 28-Apr-2008	65,709,075
W/E 21-Apr-2008	67,557,419
W/E 14-Apr-2008	64,159,085
W/E 07-Apr-2008	63,716,700
W/E 31-Mar-2008	51,697,638
W/E 23-Mar-2008	53,525,804
W/E 17-Mar-2008	57,602,510
W/E 10-Mar-2008	57,244,198
W/E 03-Mar-2008	56,124,877
W/E 25-Feb-2008	52,903,924
W/E 18-Feb-2008	39,482,954
W/E 11-Feb-2008	31,842,384
W/E 04-Feb-2008	52,372,708
W/E 28-Jan-2008	38,535,780
W/E 21-Jan-2008	31,413,559
W/E 14-Jan-2008	43,171,435
W/E 07-Jan-2008	55,619,464
W/E 31-Dec-2007	6,332,160
W/E 30-Dec-2007	55,227,710
W/E 23-Dec-2007	57,016,457
W/E 16-Dec-2007	53,188,685
W/E 09-Dec-2007	52,468,246
W/E 02-Dec-2007	52,624,358
W/E 25-Nov-2007	57,297,014
W/E 18-Nov-2007	49,614,428
W/E 11-Nov-2007	51,848,535
W/E 04-Nov-2007	53,902,892
W/E 28-Oct-2007	55,691,027
W/E 21-Oct-2007	54,670,238
W/E 14-Oct-2007	53,217,124
W/E 07-Oct-2007	59,403,546
W/E 30-Sep-2007	49,149,790
W/E 23-Sep-2007	56,442,544
W/E 14-Sep-2007	46,042,761
W/E 09-Sep-2007	79,029,620
W/E 02-Sep-2007	79,600,277
W/E 26-Aug-2007	64,405,268
W/E 16-Aug-2007	41,810,850
W/E 12-Aug-2007	71,857,110
W/E 05-Aug-2007	88,608,642
W/E 29-Jul-2007	91,679,474
W/E 22-Jul-2007	91,016,335
W/E 15-Jul-2007	89,682,279
W/E 08-Jul-2007	78,775,886
W/E 01-Jul-2007	71,730,600
W/E 24-Jun-2007	70,783,689
W/E 17-Jun-2007	88,358,612
W/E 10-Jun-2007	118,900,292
W/E 31-May-2007	36,179,898
W/E 26-May-2007	62,443,175
W/E 20-May-2007	71,074,004
W/E 12-May-2007	71,173,749
W/E 06-May-2007	74,546,501
W/E 28-Apr-2007	62,952,615
W/E 22-Apr-2007	80,231,308
W/E 15-Apr-2007	82,435,058
W/E 08-Apr-2007	68,871,659
W/E 01-Apr-2007	78,514,986
W/E 20-Mar-2007	42,715,553
W/E 18-Mar-2007	136,315,739
W/E 11-Mar-2007	163,879,156
W/E 04-Mar-2007	159,158,968
W/E 25-Feb-2007	156,064,439
W/E 18-Feb-2007	152,247,526
W/E 11-Feb-2007	156,061,078
W/E 04-Feb-2007	152,764,708
W/E 28-Jan-2007	149,099,518
W/E 21-Jan-2007	147,171,188
W/E 14-Jan-2007	159,832,441
W/E 07-Jan-2007	107,936,052
W/E 31-Dec-2006	21,648,293
W/E 30-Dec-2006	152,364,572
W/E 23-Dec-2006	160,835,791
W/E 16-Dec-2006	159,782,848
W/E 09-Dec-2006	149,935,371
W/E 02-Dec-2006	147,692,506
W/E 25-Nov-2006	152,580,876
W/E 18-Nov-2006	151,016,225
W/E 11-Nov-2006	145,451,661
W/E 04-Nov-2006	106,879,301
W/E 28-Oct-2006	122,586,533
W/E 21-Oct-2006	152,729,246
W/E 14-Oct-2006	121,259,214
W/E 07-Oct-2006	117,509,861
W/E 30-Sep-2006	116,183,435
W/E 23-Sep-2006	148,666,051
W/E 16-Sep-2006	133,430,368
W/E 09-Sep-2006	130,245,227
W/E 02-Sep-2006	119,649,653
W/E 26-Aug-2006	139,558,317
W/E 19-Aug-2006	138,423,587
W/E 12-Aug-2006	129,744,812
W/E 04-Aug-2006	118,401,317
W/E 29-Jul-2006	167,119,973
W/E 22-Jul-2006	155,455,154
W/E 15-Jul-2006	144,128,861
W/E 08-Jul-2006	126,336,713
W/E 01-Jul-2006	149,686,751
W/E 24-Jun-2006	134,889,420
W/E 17-Jun-2006	146,732,989
W/E 09-Jun-2006	125,492,733
W/E 03-Jun-2006	140,184,682
W/E 27-May-2006	126,094,897
W/E 20-May-2006	127,380,736
W/E 13-May-2006	126,414,551
W/E 06-May-2006	122,445,813
W/E 29-Apr-2006	95,265,360
W/E 22-Apr-2006	106,138,545
W/E 15-Apr-2006	104,625,950
W/E 08-Apr-2006	106,617,513
W/E 01-Apr-2006	104,519,921
W/E 25-Mar-2006	89,779,770
W/E 17-Mar-2006	59,998,993
W/E 10-Mar-2006	64,487,698
W/E 04-Mar-2006	82,595,417
W/E 25-Feb-2006	74,989,801
W/E 18-Feb-2006	72,238,398
W/E 11-Feb-2006	59,048,581
W/E 04-Feb-2006	64,098,480
W/E 28-Jan-2006	63,516,474
W/E 21-Jan-2006	58,536,089
W/E 14-Jan-2006	40,443,391
W/E 07-Jan-2006	76,334,237
W/E 31-Dec-2005	10,088,402
W/E 30-Dec-2005	42,243,187
W/E 23-Dec-2005	47,597,319
W/E 16-Dec-2005	47,683,607
W/E 09-Dec-2005	68,683,546
W/E 02-Dec-2005	62,236,071
W/E 25-Nov-2005	48,892,839
W/E 18-Nov-2005	73,873,528
W/E 11-Nov-2005	56,695,476
W/E 04-Nov-2005	32,089,235
W/E 28-Oct-2005	33,872,167
W/E 21-Oct-2005	40,452,983
W/E 13-Oct-2005	31,821,632
W/E 07-Oct-2005	28,607,455
W/E 30-Sep-2005	26,101,280
W/E 23-Sep-2005	25,043,688
W/E 16-Sep-2005	15,552,243
W/E 09-Sep-2005	24,295,605
W/E 02-Sep-2005	23,856,586
W/E 26-Aug-2005	21,919,048
W/E 19-Aug-2005	22,017,010
W/E 12-Aug-2005	18,323,975
W/E 04-Aug-2005	8,872,394
W/E 29-Jul-2005	8,748,877
W/E 22-Jul-2005	6,327,073
W/E 15-Jul-2005	3,017,353
W/E 08-Jul-2005	4,576,831
W/E 01-Jul-2005	5,429,939
W/E 24-Jun-2005	4,457,154
W/E 17-Jun-2005	3,569,934
W/E 10-Jun-2005	2,283,699
W/E 03-Jun-2005	1,613,957
W/E 27-May-2005	1,454,383
W/E 20-May-2005	697,861

Additional Screenshots

Map of Europe with predefined clickable regions

Zoomed in view of Dover harbour

Vessels shown to scale in Dover harbour with vessel tracks

Vessels in Calais harbour with datablocks turned on

View of the Panama Canal

Graphical display of Casualties